Psychiatric aspects of traumatic brain injury and its consequences. Zaitsev O.S.

This training manual outlines modern ideas about traumatic brain injury with an emphasis on the identification and description of various mental disorders found in the victims caused by brain injury. The most characteristic signs of leading clinical and psychopathological syndromes are given at different stages of restoration of mental activity after traumatic brain injury. Separately described the psycho -organic syndrome, affective pathology, as well as mental disorders in the structure of post -traumatic epilepsy.

Particular attention is paid to psychiatric aspects of assistance to patients, the choice of psychopharmacological, psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation strategies. The textbook is intended for students of medical universities studying in the specialty “Therapeutic business”, clinical residents and graduate students studying in the specialties of “Psychiatry”, “Neurosurgery”, “Clinical Psychology”, “Medical Rehabilitation”, as well as doctors - psychiatrists, neurologists, neurologists, resuscitators, specialists in physical and rehabilitation medicine, clinical psychologists involved in the restoration of the mental activity of patients of the neurotraumatological profile.